View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was it about the Grand Canyon that scared Billy?
(a) He thought a rock might fall on his head.
(b) It reminded him of the swimming pool.
(c) He thought he might fall into it.
(d) He could not see the end of it.

2. When was Billy kidnapped by the Tralfamadorans?
(a) During the march in 1944
(b) On a night in 1967
(c) After dinner in 1957
(d) One morning in 1945

3. What play do the English prisoners put on to welcome the Americans?
(a) The Glass Menagerie
(b) Hamlet
(c) Cinderella
(d) Macbeth

4. What does one of the German soldiers do to Roland Weary?
(a) Takes away his uniform
(b) Beats him with a rifle
(c) Mocks his accent
(d) Spits on his shoulder

5. Why did the German soldiers throw Billy into a shrubbery?
(a) They wanted him to help with the gardening.
(b) They wanted to play hide and seek with him.
(c) So they could take a picture of his
(d) They were angry at him for smiling so much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does one of the Germans beat up an American prisoner of war?

2. Why do the Germans laugh at Billy's coat?

3. Which of these was not the subject of a book by Kilgore Trout?

4. Why is Billy taken to the hospital during the play?

5. Who dies in the railroad boxcars?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 309 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample